Volume Ten – Issue 3 – Winter 2013Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport

Banyan Approach is a quarterly publication for our customers, vendors and friends.

The starting point of all achievement is desire...weak desire brings weak results. As you start the new year, what is going to be different from last year? What is the one big project, initiative, challenge or opportunity that must be completed in this new year? In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it. Results come when we set goals and passionately follow the action plan. In 2013, we had 32 teammates that decided they wanted to push one another to get healthy and lose weight. We formed teams,

Life’s Fuel Source is Passion weighed in every Friday and in four short months, our teammates had lost a total of 390 pounds. Many lost 15 pounds and some 30 pounds showing all of us that when you set your mind to do some-thing, you can achieve it. This year begins our 35th year at Fort Lauderdale Executive Air-port and our passion for 2014 is to be your first choice FBO in South Florida. Along with every Banyan teammate, THANK YOU for your business and friend-ship over the years.

Don Campion, President

Best Wishes for Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.

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It’s that time of year again….Professional Pilot Magazine, Aviation International News and FLTplan.com are gearing up for their annual FBO surveys. Professional Pilot PRASE ballots have already been distrib-uted to qualified subscribers and next will be AIN and FLTplan.com.

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If you receive any FBO surveys, we urge you to take a few minutes to complete them and please think of Banyan. We strive to exceed your expectations and the surveys reveal whether or not we are accomplishing that goal. To every teammate at Banyan, there is no greater compliment than to be recognized in the aviation industry as a top FBO.

Best CSR - Giselle Nieves Favorite Lineman - Eric Veal

Shawn Mack, Banyan’s director of train-ing, recently spoke at the AVM Summit that was held in Orlando. His presentation cov-ered the OSHA Hazardous Communication Standard, 1900.1200 and the importance of conducting initial and recurrent training of hazardous chemical standards. He also talked about OSHA’s requirement that em-ployees be trained on the new labeling sys-

tem (i.e. pictograms, hazard statements, precautionary statements and signal words). The updated OSHA’s Hazard Communications standard will improve the consistency and quality of hazard information, making workers safer and employers more competitive. Shawn Mack is focused on safety and has won the Safety Leader of the Year Award from Ground Support Worldwide Magazine twice, first in 2008 for refining Banyan’s spotting procedures and again in 2010 for developing Lightning Hold Procedures.

We are pleased to offer you a selection of high-end cars available for rent at our front desk.

• Lamborghini Gallardo• Porsche 911• Porsche Boxster• Aston Martin V8 Vantage• Ferrari F430 Spyder• Porsche Panamera• Porsche Cayenne

Customers Love Our Aviation Art

Focused on Safety

Upcoming Shows Hertz Luxury CarsAvailable for Rent At Banyan

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Shawn Mack

We recently replaced our lobby artwork with some pieces of the Martin-Young Aviation Collection and since then, customers are purchasing the art right off the walls and taking it home with them. As you can guess, that would leave some bare walls in our lobby, but thanks to the gallery that handles this collection, Steven F. Greenwald Design, Inc., we are able to replace the artwork immediately. “What I love about this artwork is the amazing colors that just pop off the walls,” says Jack Howell of Georgia. “When I saw the Piper Cubby, in the lobby, I knew I just had to buy it and take it home in my plane.” In addition to selling the framed artwork in the lobby, Banyan Pilot

Shop has a selection of pieces available in the store, with the complete selection available on-line at banyanpilotshop.com/art. On-line selec-tions include prints and canvases in a variety of price ranges and sizes. The canvas selections are hand embellished and signed by the artists making them a truly unique and treasured piece of artwork. The Martin-Young Aviation Collection is created by artists Frank Martin and Judeen Young. They combine their techniques to create a hybrid collabora-tion of abstract paintings and collage techniques. The result is a unique avia-tion art collection ranging from the evolution of flight and classic military aircraft to today’s latest commercial and general aviation aircraft.

Mark your calendar and stop by to see the Banyan team:January 14-17, 2014

Schedulers & DispatchersNew Orleans - Booth 818

January 30, 2014NBAA Boca Regional

Exhibit & Quest KODIAK Static Display

Caribbean Air Rally Events

Photo Gallery

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New: Water Survival SeminarApril 5 & 6 - San Salvador

Caribbean Air Rally departing from Banyan April 5 returning April 17

Mark Claprood and Mike Roy from Bose Corporation giving some

advanced training to our sales rep, Kary.

Paul Rose with Robert P. Swathwood Jr., Operations Officer from the U.S. Border Patrol. Daniel Gizzi and Drew Reggie from Ascension Air present Cirrus Fractional ownership.

Bruce Woodrell with Miami Heat cheerleaders at the Silver Lining

Charity Golf Event. What a foursome! Doug Russell, Mike Harvey, (Hop-A-Jet),

Jack Lambert (Jet Access Aviation), and John Mason.

Become an advocate for your crew’s safety! Randy Boone, a recognized expert in the field of Marine & Avia-tion Survival technologies, will tell you WHAT you need to be prepared and SHOW you the tools that can dramatically increase your chances for survival. Full program and registration online www.airrally.comThis event is presented by a non-for-profit organization: www.aviationconnection.org

The largest Caribbean Air Rally is back for a fifth edition. An armada of 18-20 aircraft will fly from San Salvador, Bahamas to the Peninsula of Samana DR, the island of Nevis (St-Kitts & Nevis) Martinique, St-Lucia, Antigua and back to Puerto Plata DR. Don’t miss this appointment with history rich with adventur-ous tales, blended cultures, and natural diversity. This event is organized every year in collabo-ration with local Governments.Registration online www.airrally.com

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Pilots Needed For Challenge Air Fly DaySaturday, January 25, 2014

Mark Your Calendar!

Calling all pilots, volunteers, sponsors, agencies and participants in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and surrounding areas, it’s time to register for another exciting event! Challenge Air for Kids & Friends is gearing up for its 17th annual Fort Lauderdale, Florida “Fly Day” to be held Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Banyan.“Fly Day” is free for all children and youth with special needs between the ages of 7-30. Highlights of the day include: an educational ground school, a 30-minute flight, face painting, clowns, cool static aircraft, lunch, service animals and much more! Last year over 100 kids flew with only 23 pilots. More pilots are need-ed so more kids can fly. Please visit www.challengeair.com to volun-teer as a pilot, participant or to make a donation.

Epps Aviation recently visited Banyan: Gus Persons, Paul Rose, Lynn Jungel, Gary Andrews, Ray Dominguez, Greg Allen,

Marian Epps and John Jones.

October’s Pilot Shop winner for a flight simulator was presented

by manager, Richard Haughton, to Henry Style.

Congratulations to Juan Eduardo Criollo on winning the inreachSE from the pilot shop, presented by Marcela Lizarazo.

Brian Wilson and Don Campion welcomed AEA president, Paula Derks

and vice president, Debra McFarland to the Banyan complex.

Brian Rich and Jim Mchugh of International Propeller Service pictured with Banyan’s Leslie Horkin.Juan Cubides enjoyed touring the Banyan complex and “flying” the

Gulfstream II in the Pilot Shop.

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Leaders in Business Aviation

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Coming to South Florida Soon?We’ll Leave the Lights On For You.

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Aircraft For Sale

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Aircraft For Sale

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I’m often asked by both current aircraft owners and non-owners what options are available for owning or operating private aircraft and what is the most economical. While there are numerous ways of owning an aircraft some of the most noteworthy are as follows:Whole Ownership: This is traditional aircraft ownership whereby a corporation or individual owns the aircraft and enjoys all of the bene-fits. This offers maximum flexibility, tax advantages and has the great-est amount of financial risk. Partnership: This method of ownership is similar to whole owner-ship but the benefits and risks are shared by the group of partners. The benefits include lower individual costs while the negatives include less availability of the aircraft to any one partner.Lease: This is similar to leasing a car whereby the lessee pays a monthly rate for the aircraft for a given time period. With interest rates being so low, the popularity of a lease seems lessened. It’s often used by companies that don’t want to show the aircraft on the balance sheet. (This is not to be confused with a lease-back.)Fractional Ownership: This popular method of aircraft ownership allows an entity to purchase a “share” of an aircraft. Shares of own-ership can be ½ of the aircraft down to just 1/16 of the aircraft. The quantity of available shares for a given aircraft model is determined by

Egbe Update

Michael O’Keeffe, Sr. Vice President Aircraft Sales & Management

Aircraft Sales Market Update

the fractional service provider. Each of the owners is allocated a given number of flight hours annually based upon their share of equity. Owners also pay monthly management fees.Jet Cards: This popular form of travel is similar to a prepaid phone card whereby the card has a given value and that value is reduced each time you fly. This form of travel is popular due to its simplicity and a cardholder only pays for what they use. Some operators allow a card holder to utilize different aircraft types within the operator’s fleet depending upon their requirements. Charter: This method of travel is similar to renting a limousine. You pay the cost to take you to your destination and back at a quoted flat rate. Charter is popular for its simplicity. The negative is you will pay for the aircraft to return home empty if you elect to stay at your destination for an extended period of time. If an aircraft was chartered to take a week-long ski vacation, you will either pay for the aircraft and crew to sit on the ground at the desti-nation or you will pay to have the aircraft fly home empty.We’re happy to discuss the merits and pitfalls associated with each of these transportation methods in greater detail. Please feel free to call anytime.

Banyan Aircraft Sales specializes in aircraft selection, valuation, negotiation, inspection and management of turbine powered aircraft. Call Mike O’Keeffe to discuss your aircraft options 954.492.4331

Egbe UpdateDonations, Volunteers and Missionaries = Remarkable Progress

The 5 year project is extensive and other aviation companies have joined in as donors and on volunteer teams. If you would like to learn more about this project that will save lives for many years to come, look up the website and follow us on Facebook : www.egbehospital.org.

For those that have been following the rebuilding of Egbe Hospital in Nigeria, we are thrilled to report that we have made fantastic progress throughout 2013. Project Leader, Don Campion, along side Samaritan’s Purse, SIM, Banyan teammates, private companies and volunteers have traveled to Nigeria three times over the past year to rebuild and revitalize this hospital in the bush.

The 10,000 sq. foot main hospital building is nearing completion. Perseverance has been the key to a great year.

Ten shipping containers have been sent from Miami to Nigeria.

Laying one mile of donated pipe to bring water to the hospital. Teamwork takes the place of a crane. 9

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Avionics Update

Brian Wilson, director of avionics, was recently appointed as an AEABoard Member. This photo was taken at his first board meeting.

B A N Y A N A P P R O A C H

AEA Board Members: Debra Mcfarland, Ric Peri, Brian Wilson, Tom Harper, Gary Picou, Richard Peavley, Mike Adamson, Kim Stephenson, Jenne Rau-Flattery, David Loso, Greg Vail, Senator Tom Graves, Jim Joubert, Gary Harpster, Matthew Harrah, Paula Derks, Tim Shaw, Tim Kelly, Garry Joyce, and Rick Ochs

Ramon Gordon is working on a G600 upgrade to a Socata TBM 700

Brian Wilson very honored to learn that he was nominated for the AEA Member of the Year Award. Fellow AEA mem-bers will vote by ballot to select the winner. The award will be presented at the annual AEA Convention & Trade Show Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 14 at the Marriott Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Congratu-lations and good luck to Brian. We hope you win!

This pilot is using the avionics cockpit demo of Garmin G600 and GTN750. The demo unit is available in the Banyan avionics lobby. Stop by to try it out for yourself.

NeedAircraftParts?

Banyan’s Parts Solution Team offers quality parts, quick response, with no minimum order. • Hawker Beechcraft • Twin Commander • Cessna • Learjet • Citation • Piaggio and more.

Experts in locating “hard to find” parts - Same day shipping worldwide - Export services Call Today 954.492.4042 • 800.282.0442 • rfq@banyanair.com

Magnastar Airfone Decommissioned Are you encountering “No Service Available”

on your Magnastar Airfone? Call Banyan For MagnaStar System Replacement

Paul Rose 954.492.4347 Alvie Barron 954.492.3568

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The Banyan Mobile team is supported by a full service avia-tion complex at FXE and is authorized as an FAA and EASA approved repair station with additional designations for Argentina, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia and Venezuela.The team is known for excellence in AOG situations, troubleshooting, engine changes, APU issues, pre/post flight inspections, avionics installs/troubleshooting and scheduled/unscheduled events.

Fully insured and equipped to assist the following aircraft: • Beechjet • Falcon • Pilatus• Caravan • Hawker • Piaggio• Challenger • King Air • Quest KODIAK• Citation • Learjet • Twin Commander

We are pleased to announce that Craig D. Huston has joined our team as our new chief operating officer (COO).“Banyan is excited to add Craig to the leadership team as Banyan continues to grow and explore many new opportuni-ties. Craig will help take the company to the next level as he works with our talented mangers,” says Don Campion, president.Craig has over 18 years of aviation

experience ranging from line service at a small, private FBO, to vari-ous leadership positions at large, global OEMs. As COO, Craig will be responsible for overseeing all of Banyan’s operations, including FBO Services, Avionics, Maintenance, Parts Solutions and Banyan Pilot Shop.Craig is also very involved in the local community serving various non-profit organizations, including a leadership development organization as the Executive Director for the past three years working with approxi-mately 500 local business owners, c-level executives, and community leaders.

Maintenance Update

Craig D. Huston Joins Banyan as COO

Call Banyan’s Mobile Team to get your aircraft flying again. 954.491.3170

Upcoming Seminars NextGen Avionics Seminar Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014

Hosted by Banyan with Universal Avionics

Topics that will be covered:

• FANS - Future Air Navigation Systems

• CPDLC - Controller Pilot Data Link Communications

• Link 2000+

• ADS-B - Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast

RSVP to Alvie Barron, 954.492.3568 • abarron@banyanair.com Flightdocs Maintenance Tracking Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

Topics that will be covered:

• Electronic Log Books

• Electronic Signature

• Why Maintenance Tracking is Important

• What it means for the value of your aircraft?

• New Releases and how to use them

Garmin G1000 for the King Air Thursday, March 20, 2014

For more information, visit:banyanair.com/banyan_seminars.asp

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The Garmin D2 GPS is a hot selling product! The D2 pilot watch offers portable avionics in a wrist-worn package and it’s the first pilot watch built to aid aviators in flight. It offers a high-sensitivity WAAS GPS receiver, altimeter with adjustable baro setting, and 3-axis com-pass. Its domed lens makes the screen easy to read even in direct sun-light while a brilliant orange backlight illuminates the display dur-ing night operations. Features include: direct-to and nearest buttons that utilize a worldwide airport database,multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC reference, various tim-

ers and vibrating alerts for in-flight task reminders. It also receives flight plan from Garmin Pilot™ and controls the VIRB™ action camera wirelessly.

24-hour FBO Services • Turbine Airframe & Engine Maintenance • Avionics • Aircraft Sales Parts Solutions • Pilot Shop • Jet Runway Café

D2 Pilot Watch and VIRB Action Camera Available at Banyan Pilot Shop

Combine the D2 with the VIRB Action Camera and you can capture your flights in stunning HD quality. Mount one around your aircraft, then use the D2 to wirelessly start and stop recording, view elapsed time, or tell it when to capture still shots. D2 can even control multiple VIRB Elite cameras at the same time, so you can capture the action from multiple angles. Aviators are not the only people that love this camera. Bikers, skiers, surfers, divers, sky-divers, any active person would love to record their adventures with the VIRB. This 1080p high definition camera captures your action in full, high contrast, undistorted detail. You can set-up,

preview and playback your video on a built-in, full-color 1.4”chroma display. Battery provides 3 hours of filming and is rechargeable. The camera is sleek, easy-to-use, rugged and offers digital stabilization for a smoother looking video. The VIRB also is a high-powered digital camera and you can even take photos without stopping your video. Editing is easy with free desktop editing software and a variety of mounts make it easy to lock the camera into postion.

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Delivering Aviation Excellence since 1979 at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport 5360 NW 20th Terrace, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309Phone: 954.491.3170 • Fax: 954.771.0281www.banyanair.com

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